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Media Relations

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Media Relations and News Releases
The Office of Public Affairs works with members of the local, regional, state and national media and issues news releases concerning county issues, activities or programs. OPA writes, edits, and prepares news releases and manages the distribution to area newspapers, radio and television stations and ethnic media outlets as well as to county residents through the electronic Weekly Agenda newsletter and the e-newsletter News to Use

NOTE: Any e-mail or other correspondence sent to a member of the Board of Supervisors,
or any other public official and/or employee of Fairfax County in the transaction
of public business is considered a public record, and such records are subject to
the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. This means that Virginia law generally
requires the County to provide a copy of any such e-mail, upon request, for inspection
and copying to any citizen of the Commonwealth or to any member of the news media.